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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1903
Page
10
A Montana department store touts discounts on household items and food staples. The ad highlights laundry soaps, soaps, butter, sugar, corn starch, biscuits, and other daily goods with special daily prices and bundles. Shoppers are invited to buy items like Elva White Cloud Soap and Rising Sun Soap at reduced rates, with various packages and promotions across multiple brands.
A noisy prompt like list describes meat prices and cuts at a small market. Pork roasts and chops are advertised by the pound along with rib and loin portions. Beef liver sausage and shoulder cuts are mentioned amid a boast of big store prices and clean department.
American publishers, booksellers and the Booksellers' Association plan unified pricing to shift sales from mail order to home delivery. The move aims to standardize prices across regions, reduce mail-order costs, and increase in-store purchases. The Western trade favors uniform pricing, with John Elliott as agent and growth seen in union membership.
Florence Roberts returns to Butte with a standout performance in which her strong scenes drew long applause and a packed opera house. The crowd filled the gallery as the show sold out, with over a thousand attendees and a 93 percent local attendance rate noted. The company remains solid as Roberts prepares for Mugds, a title role suited to her talents, while local ads mix in market prices and a milliner move at Morris block.
Rev. Lewis J. Doneawy delivered a pointed sermon titled The Modern Prodigal to a small audience. He explained a respectable young man, full of self confidence, who seeks his own way in the world as a modern prodigal.
Angelio Herrero, the California lightweight, arrives in Butte with Weluwa’s Oglesby and Weddy Bishop to prepare for a 160 pound bout at Sutton’s Broadway theater. Herrero, Mexican by birth but longtime California fighter, has a strong record and plans to press the pace against the young local rival.
A gala Engravers union banquet gathers members of No. 122 at the Wa ten hotel to honor the craft. President Ramedell presides as speeches praise the press, with light fare, wines, and a toast to future endeavors.
In San Francisco Chinatown a volley of shots left two Chinese men dead and three others injured after a gambling den attack. Police say two suspects are jailed as investigators gather evidence and seek additional leads in the recurring violence.
Mavel Ik Uirton resigns from his clerical post after a brief return from Atlanta City. He had served as a senior official in the United States Office before moving to Washington and entering the position of consultant secretary, which he subsequently relinquished.
The newly renovated Ville building hosts a Spokane inspired vaudeville program directed by Professor Zinn with manager Mr Onken. The cast features Livy Woolworthy, Thatcher, Chenoweth, Howell, Coleman, Mexis and a comic opera Courtship in Japan. Prices from 1h to fd reats and no drinks served.
President Doyle of the Silver Bow Trades and Lahey assembly named a standing committee to review grievances. Mrs Laughing, prominent in women’s rights, spoke on equal suffrage and the assembly voted nearly unanimously to draft a resolution urging favorable consideration by the legislature.
Former Seattle police chief Beattie Thornton died tonight of Bright's disease. Born in Portsmouth, England, around 1225, he arrived in the area in 1887, helped operate a ferry in Portland, and built an early reservoir. Survived by a wife and five children, including MMs. Wo 14, Meek of Portland.
Two people are dead and one dying from poison in Dale Texas after an incident Friday afternoon. Local reports say Ray Ophew abducted and poisoned the victims before fleeing, triggering a police inquiry as officials seek to confirm details and motive.
Report from Chicago details violence at a labor election. Several persons injured as voters faced disorder and arrests during the event. Authorities investigate the disruption and tally the results amid tension among participants.
Disorder marred a political gathering as hundreds filled the hall. Police cleared the room after a clash with delegates, with injuries reported and several robbings. Security remained on guard while investigations into poll issues began.
Special Dispatch reports President J J Hs mission to New York tied to the wage front controversy. Rail managers across lines failed to reach a uniform offer to workers, with finances and interlocking interests in New York and Chicago to press for agreement. The Northern Pass committee met Greene and Brown, with further conferences planned through the week.
Special dispatch from Bozeman reports the funeral of Mrs. Mary A. Fielding held this afternoon at the Central Avenue residence. Rev. Dr R. M. Timn and Rev. Wilson presided, with many friends in attendance and burial at the local cemetery. Pallbearers included Sherman Phillips and Walter Cooper, among others. Mrs. Fielding, born in Granby Connecticut in 1828, married Henry A. Fielding in 1849 and moved to Bozeman from Lowell, Massachusetts in 1884, where Mr Fielding was connected with the Wise company.
Rev Frank Gousalne abruptly ends a sermon causing the Fenple's church congregation to depart in confusion. Fire smoke fills the building, and Dr Gunswire halts services to avert panic as a rumored danger is investigated. No actual threat is found after the stir.
Special Dispatch reports George Johnson known as Snakes was stabbed by Kid Jones with a hunting knife at Shyvle Park saloon. Johnson’s fate is uncertain, while Jones, a Kentucky-arrived youth, fled after the confrontation. Sheriff Robertson pursued leads to Clyde Park. Johnson to Livingston for treatment if possible.
A correspondent reports rabbits devastate Idaho farms and ranches with large drives. Wild prairie rabbits are touted as dinner fare as organizers push sales, urging readers to place orders for a Monday trade.
Washington Market Ornsten Bros proprietors list their store at 18 West Pack Street with telephone number 379. The brief notice cites relocation or establishment details and basic contact.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a confrontation near Clyde Park and Livingston on the Shield River. It mentions someone returning to a saloon and another stabbed in the back, with unclear names and alignment.
A series of five scrimmages between union and non-union sailors last night left five non-union men severely wounded. Police struggled to control the Salan district as tensions rose after union organizers barred the schooner Balano from sailing for Austria. No shots were fired. fights used clubs and stones.
Informal luncheon hosted in honor of members of the diplomatic corps by the Ohio Society. Governor Yates influence delays boxing contest between Benny Farmer and Young Salowal. Professor Arar Wane dropper dies from heart disease while lecturing on Western literature.
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